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time for the colt to become strong enough to resist the attack of the 
flies in summer, and the cold of the ensuing winter. I have been told, 
and have tried, many recipes and nostrums to insure a mare being 
6tinted after taking the horse, but have never found an}^ to succeed other 
than feeding, &c. 
Tiie Feeding and General Management. —On this subject I think I 
cannot do better than to take a mare to the horse, breed a foal, and then 
follow it on to the full grown horse. The mare, then, should not be too 
fat, having been previously, for a week or two, prepared by a little 
apring grass ; and, if a working mare, by a diminution in the quantity 
of grain fed ; or, if in a city where grass cannot be easily obtained, by 
9 a bran mash given daily, which may be made by pouring boiling water 
on a quart or two of bran, with a handful of oats, and given when suffi¬ 
ciently cool; also the administration of a small dose of aloes, from one to 
four drachms, varying according to the size of the animal. She then being 
at use may be taken to the horse, and upon her return placed in a quiet 
paddock or loose box, for eight or nine days, and the cooling diet con¬ 
tinued. She should then be again tried, and if not at use, we may fairly 
conclude she is stinted, and may be worked or not at pleasure; requiring 
no particular attention until the fifth monht, when she should receive a 
liberal allowance of grain and all her food be of the best quality—quality 
and quantity being what is required; for having to support both herself 
and foetus, a stimulative and nutricious diet will materially assist the de¬ 
velopment of the latter; and if worked at all she should be used quietly 
up to the last month, when she should be turned loose in a paddock or 
placed in a loose box, with a succulent though nutricious diet—such as cut 
grass, chopped carrots, mashes, &c., and a diminution in the quantity of 
grain until after foaling, when it may be continued. The mare should be 
allowed to run with the colt for three or four weeks, when she may be 
worked lightly, but the colt must be shut up, and upon no consideration 
allowed to run by the side of its mother, for while the bones and sinews 
are soft the slightest concussion will cause ring-bones, strained tendons, 
curbs, and many other ailments, that the colts of this country are subject 
to; and which, I believe, arise chiefly from the foolish habit of allowing 
them to run on the hard road and plowed ground by the side of their 
dams, independently of the annoyance of running in people’s way, and 
their liability to accident. 
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